---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 U.S.C. § 1436"
title: "8"
title_heading: "Aliens and Nationality"
number: "1436"
heading: "Nationals but not citizens; residence within outlying possessions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/8/1436"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality"
  - "Subchapter III — Nationality and Naturalization"
  - "Part II — Nationality Through Naturalization"
---

# §1436. Nationals but not citizens; residence within outlying possessions


A [person](/usc/8/1101.md?p=b-3) not a citizen who owes [permanent](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-31) allegiance to the [United States](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-38), and who is otherwise qualified, may, if he becomes a resident of any [State](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-36), be naturalized upon compliance with the applicable requirements of this subchapter, except that in applications for [naturalization](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-23) filed under the provisions of this section [residence](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-33) and physical presence within the [United States](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-38) within the meaning of this subchapter shall include [residence](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-33) and physical presence within any of the [outlying possessions of the United States](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-29).


## Source credit

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 325, 66 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(8), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5041.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “applications” for “petitions”.